Scout’s Rocket Launch

Being an Assistant Scout Master for my boyscout’s troop is a great experience and awesome fun! Now leading them in their STEM-NOVA Award by being their STEM-NOVA Counselor and Supernova Mentor as well.

On Sunday June 26th, 2016, walked the scouts through building their Alpha III rockets, assembling B6-4 engines and launching their assembled rockets in the morning session.

In the afternoon session, spoke to them about space exploration and robotic missions; looked at their battery, solar and wind powered vehicles!

An amazing job by the scouts! A Sunday well spent.

Sharing some pictures from the funfilled STEM-NOVA day!

Step by step walking the boys through building their rockets

Step by step walking the boys through building their rockets

And our rockets are ready!

Some pics for the paparazzi 🙂

Some pics for the paparazzi 🙂

Some pics for the paparazzi 🙂

A scout learns how to setup the rocket on the launchpad

All set for launch!

A scout sets up his rocket for launch

Mu husband is my assistant on the second launchpad, demonstrating to a scout how to setup the rocket for launch!

Setting up the rocket on the launcher

The rocket swoooshes up in a second!

Launches continue

Demonstrating the setup on launchpad

An afternoon space exploration discussion session

Great conversation with the scouts about ISS, NASA’s rover missions and a lot of other space facts!